{"id":1977,"date":"2015-11-26T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T09:22:47","slug":"26-november-2005-indian-tycoon-vijaypat-singhania-sets-world-balloon-altitude-record-21-km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/2015\/11\/26\/26-november-2005-indian-tycoon-vijaypat-singhania-sets-world-balloon-altitude-record-21-km\/","title":{"rendered":"26 November 2005: Indian Tycoon Vijaypat Singhania sets World Hot Air Balloon Altitude Record 21 km"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"137117dde994ef920366dbf34e4e7cff\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2865779868887008\";\r\n\/* Android box *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1345074415\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1979\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1979\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1979 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/dr-Vijaypat-Singhania.jpg\" alt=\"B-42, MUM-290301 - MARCH 29, 2005 -  MUMBAI: VIJAYPAT SINGHANIA CHAIRMAN EMERITUS RAYMONDS GROUP AND AVIATOR ANNOUNCES HIS NEW HOT AIR BALLOON ADVENTURE IN MUMBAI ON TUESDAY. PTI PHOTO\" width=\"275\" height=\"211\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B-42, MUM-290301 &#8211; MARCH 29, 2005 &#8211; MUMBAI: VIJAYPAT SINGHANIA CHAIRMAN EMERITUS RAYMONDS GROUP AND AVIATOR ANNOUNCES HIS NEW HOT AIR BALLOON ADVENTURE IN MUMBAI ON TUESDAY. PTI PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The record by Vijaypat Singhania is subject to verification, but his son Gautam Singhania said the 44-ton balloon climbed nearly 70,000 feet, beating the old mark of just under 65,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This goes to show to the world that we are not bullock cart drivers, but we can compete against the best of the world,&#8221; the balloonist said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the balloon&#8217;s designers said the height will be determined by instruments sealed inside the capsule. Once verified by aeronautical groups, the findings will be submitted to Guinness World Records.&nbsp;The 67-year-old balloonist landed safely after a nearly five-hour flight inside a pressurized cabin suspended from the 160-foot-high, multicolored balloon.&nbsp;The flight was carried live on Indian national television.<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>&#8220;The exact height reached was 69,852 feet. This is subject to certification,&#8221; said Colin Prescott, one of two British designers of the balloon.&nbsp;The previous world record was 64,997 feet, set by Sweden&#8217;s Per Lindstrand in Plano, Texas, in June 1988.&nbsp;Hundreds of jubilant villagers crowded around the balloon to congratulate Singhania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I broke the record, I was euphoric. I screamed quite loudly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Singhania lifted off from downtown Bombay and landed safely on barren land near Panchale, a village about 150 miles south of Bombay.<\/p>\n<p>Singhania, the chairman emeritus of the Raymond Group, one of India&#8217;s leading textile companies, also set a record for ultralight aviation 17 years ago when he flew 6,000 miles from Britain to India in 23 days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0cdg7qq4Nd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The record by Vijaypat Singhania is subject to verification, but his son Gautam Singhania said the 44-ton balloon climbed nearly 70,000 feet, beating the old mark of just under 65,000 feet. &#8220;This goes to show to the world that we are not bullock cart drivers, but we can compete against the best of the world,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,13,14,49,20,28,32,39],"tags":[165,182],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3068,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions\/3068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}